Humans are complicated creatures, with multiple expression of their nature. The variation of humans is not only physical, as appearance, power and sex, but psychologically as well, as the expression of the human emotions, thoughts and feelings.

The language is a tool for communication, which is specifical for the human beings, which appears in the far pre-historical ages. Even though some animals use complex systems for communicating, they don’t have all of the properties, which is defined for the language.

Language is the way of communication, while the human languages are a way of presenting the thought. It is controversial how the humans think – by figures (images) or by concepts (words). In general, it is clear that thinking happens via ideas and imagination, which are expressed by words, and organized in speech.

Sciences like Neurolinguistics claim that, thinking and language are so related, that changes in languages can organize thoughts, ideas, imaginations and human actions. This science also believes that the language has a description of the world, which is productive- meaning that it organizes the human’s mentality. Edward Sapir, in the early 1900's, first identified the concept that language defines the way a person behaves and thinks. He believed that language and thoughts, that we have, are somehow interwoven, and that all the people are equally being effected by the confines of their language. In short, he belived that all the people out there are mental prisoners; unable to think freely because of the restrictions of their vocabularies. Sapir’s student, Benjamin Whorf, picked up the idea of linguistic determinism and made it his own, and created what was called afterwards the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. It states that language is not, simply, a way of voicing ideas, but is also the very thing which shapes those ideas. One cannot think outside the confines of their language. The result of this process is many different world views by speakers of...

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If asked the question, “Would you still be you in a different society,” many people would quickly answer yes, of course. Up until the point of being asked this question, many of these people have only experienced life in one country or area of the world. They figure that the way of life they have always had is very similar to life elsewhere in the world today. If not already known to these people, life is far from the same in countries throughout the world. To completely up and leave your current home country and move half way across the world to live somewhere else may be the only way these people can experience true life in another society. At the beginning of moving somewhere new, these individuals or groups of people may think they will be able to quickly adapt to this new life, while remaining the same person and retaining what makes them their unique person.
They will soon find out over the course of the world, society has played a big role in the shaping and ways of life for every individual. Nearly every situation that one is placed in, society will play a large part in life. One may say that being placed in a different society they will remain the same person; however, societies influence upon the self is far too great to remain the same exact person you were in a previous society. As an individual...

...September 2014
You are what youspeak
In the article “Whorf Revisited: You are what youspeak,” the writer Guy Deutscher talks about Sapir - Whorf’s famous controversial hypothesis. The ethnography is written in style of realist, because the theories are looked at objectively and scientifically. The article is also written in critical style, since list of measurements, evidences are given, and it is written analytically. The range of the ethnography is very wide. It focuses from different parts of the world. However, in most of the writing, points its focuses on one person from one location specific location to make a strong point.
In linguist Whorf hypothesis states that one who live in one’s language can’t possibly understand certain thoughts of another one with their own another language. Basically Sapir- Whorf’s idea is that language shapes reality, and consciousness. Therefore, our mother tongue limits our mind and doesn’t allow certain thoughts.
The writer states that we now know that the hypothesis is not true due to lack of evidence. Roman Jackson the renowned linguist states that if differentlanguages influences differently on our mind, its not genuinely because of our languages controlling and determining how we think, but the habit that makes us think...

...﻿Language is one of the most important things in the world. The ability to communicate in other languages is what sets us apart from the animal world. If we do not preserve the old languages and force the world to only speak one, we are forcing the world to lose its own identity and culture. Without language we couldn't read texts and stories from other countries, or even from further back in history. I love learning other languages and I love speaking them. To speak another person's language, to me, is like being about to connect and understand them better. It also helps me to enjoy their culture. How many times have you went into a city or a shopping mall and heard people speaking in their native tounges? Language is what makes the world a better place as it helps us to realise that we are all different, and hopefully to be more tolerent with our differences.
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...Write a short essay of 300 - 500 words on the topic: Different generations speakdifferent “languages” . Include What Words Can and Cannot Do as one of the references.
Different connotation
Different abbreviation
Different definition, or not include in the dictionary
Different generations in the same country speakdifferent "languages"? Sounds impossible, but it is indeed the case. Consider situations in which your mother does not understand what you say to your classmates, situations in which you cannot figure out what your mother refers by a simple abbreviation and situations in which your father cannot reflect your undertone of some words. Different generations speakdifferent "languages", causing conflicts and misunderstandings.
According to the passage "What can words do and cannot do", words have denotative meanings and connotation meanings. Denotative meanings are meanings defined by the dictionary, which cause little misunderstandings. On the other hand, connotative meanings are associated with personal experiences and are likely to cause conflicts. But in the context of communication between different generations, there are both likely to evoke misunderstandings.
Some connotative meanings of words...

...Interview with Someone Different
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The individual being interviewed is my friend, Shelley. Shelley is a dynamic, Jewish woman who was born and raised in the Washington Heights section of New York City. She is married to a Jewish man and they have one daughter. Shelley lived in an enormous apartment building with several families from different backgrounds. Everyone was considered middle class income families and was financially stabled. As a child being different was never a factor, she did not believe that her neighbors were different, ethnic or otherwise. No one was ever labeled, just normal.
She lived on the fourth floor with her parents, her older brother and older sister. The residents varied in ethnicity and diversity which included Spanish, Greek, Polish, French, Italians and Americans; no one was a minority. The different religions ranged from Greek Orthodox to Protestant. The superintendent of the building and his family lived there as well, they were African-American. The holidays there were enjoyed by all including Jewish and Christian holidays....

...Be the change you want to see in the world” -- Mahatma Gandhi
My name is Rosa Soto. I was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, and lived there until I was six years old. My family came to the United States because my parents desired for us to have a better, richer life in the United States because surviving in Mexico was really difficult due to the high rates of unemployment. One problem my family encountered as they came to the U.S. was that we did not know how to speak English. My father had to find work and we needed a home to live in as well. We moved to an apartment that had only one bedroom and eventually, my dad found a job in the apartments where we lived. He was hired as a repairman to help people with the plumbing and electricity. My parents took night classes in English at an elementary school to improve their English. My mother stayed at home and she always reminded us to eat all of our food because we could not afford expensive food; we were not rich people.
As a young student I was placed in resource classes because my English was not very good. Becoming a better English speaker is one of my life-long goals. Even though my English is not great, I do my best to learn everything I can. Math is my weakest subject. I took Algebra in the ninth grade and I struggled in the class, but was able to start to understand the subject better. The following year I took Geometry and did very well. The next year...

...Thought to Ponder
There are things we regret,
Words we wish had gone unsaid,
Beginnings that had bitter endings,
Chances we threw away,
Roads we should have never taken,
Signs we didn’t see,
Hearts we hurt needlessly,
And wounds we wish could mend.
The past can’t be rewritten,
But it can make you stronger.
Be thankful for every change,
For every break in your heart,
For every scar,
Pages were turned,
Bridges were burned,
Butyou…
HAD LEARNED
-you'll know if the person really cares
when he ask what's wrong
and when you tell him nothing,
he stays there,
waiting..for the real reason.
-"Never compare yourself with anyone in this world,
if you do so..then you are insulting yourself.
-continue your day with a smile
and enjoy each passing moment
because,
you know everything that might happen today
may never happen again tomorrow
-sometimes,
you just have to PRETEND that you're happy...
just to stop EVERYONE from asking you what the hell happened
-You should think that even how
a person loves
you,
consider the fact that you're not the only one who could make him/her
happy..
-Sometimes, the words that one can't utter,
are the words that we mean the most
-it takes 3secs to say "i love you"
it takes 3hrs to explain,
and
it takes a...

...Dawn Frost
SW 241
In the movie SeeYou in September, Lindsey was seeing a counselor for therapy to try to understand why she always has a hard time committing to a relationship. She felt so confused but was starting to see a pattern in her previous actions that might help her recognize what her real problem is. At the end of the session her counselor explained that she was leaving for a month so the next appointment would have to be in September. Mentally, Lindsey started to freak out and lose control. She felt abandoned and panicked at the same time. She didn’t act out on her feelings but she felt totally miserable when she left.
Lindsey found out that it was mandatory that all psychologists take the same month off every year. She came up with an idea to form a group of people who were feeling the same way as her, feeling like they still needed therapy, even without their counselor. She figured that this would be a great way to explore her emotions where her regular counselor left off. She placed an ad in the newspaper to start screening people. When she came up with nine people to be in the group, herself included, they met at her friend’s apartment. Her friend Monica made it a point that she is not one of the people who needed group therapy.
The first group therapy meeting beings with a hold up at gunpoint before everybody meets. That put a lot of undue stress that changed the nature of how they were able to form a group....

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